Social and Behavioral Sciences

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Contact Person:

Natural and Behavioral
Sciences Dean's Office, LIB B-5020

SBS Program Office: (310) 243-2547

Course Offerings

The credit value for
each course in semester units is indicated for each term by a number in
parentheses following the title. For course availability, please see the
list of tentative course offerings in the current Class Schedule.

Upper Division

SBS 316Social Change (3).

Prerequisite: Completion
of lower division General Education.

Analysis of processes of social change, cultural
development and cultural persistence using social science perspectives.
Examples of topics include cultural
evolution, industrialization, modernization, acculturation and
assimilation.

SBS 318Cultural Pluralism (3).

Prerequisite: Completion
of lower division General Education.

Analysis of cultural diversity and the processes of cultural
interaction, inter-ethnic relations and social integration on the
community, national and international levels.
Repeatable for credit for up to nine units with different topics.